Curtain-fixture



(No Model.) J. W. LANG.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 552.870. Patented Jan. 7, 1896. Je; l? 25k PZN/UM@ AN DREW BLRAHAM. PHOTO-UNO. WASHINGTUKDC.

UNITED STATES PATENT JOIIN XV. LANG, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,870, dated January '7, 1896.

Application filed February 15, 1895. Serial NO- 538,509. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con-cern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN IV. LANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to those devices which are designed to allow the curtain to be lowered from the top of the window to admit light through the upper part of the window and to screen the lower part of the window.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind which will be neat and attractive in appearance, cheap and simple in construction, and eftective and durable in operation; also to so construct the fixture that the strain of raising and lowering the eurtain-roller will not in any way strain or aftect the bearings of the curtain-roller.

In my iixture the curtain-roller is suspended from a rod, which is carried by two keepers running on vertical guides or supports, and the keepers are supported by cords, which are led over pulleys and sustained by weights inside the supports.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l is a 'front elevation of a window provided with my invention, showing the curtain lowered from the top of the window and arranged to screen the lower part of the window. Fig. EZ is a iragmental sectional view of one of the tubular supports, showing the keeper in place upon the support and the weight arranged inside of the support.

My invention embraces a curtain-fixture comprising two parallel vertical tubular supports A A', arranged to be secured one upon each side of the window at a distance from the face of the casing B; two keepers C C', arranged one upon each support and adapted to slide vertically therealong; two pulleys D D', one arranged at the top of each support; two weights .E E', one arranged to slide inside of each tubular support and to be concealed from view thereby; two iiexible connections, such as the chainsF F', one passing over each pnlleyE E' and each having its ends respectively attached to its weight and keeper; a connectingrod G arranged connecting the keepers with each other; two

brackets II II', secured upon the rod and ar-V ranged to receive a curtain I, which is thereby attached to the rod, and is thus carried by the rod; two cords J J', secured respectively to the keepers, loosely looped and secured together midway between the keepers, and the counterbalancing-weight L secured to the cords at their point of attachment to counterbalance the weights E E and to cause the curtain I to remain where it is placed by the operator.

The curtain-brackets liI II' are each provided with a collar h 71,', respectively, which lit upon the rod G, and these brackets are thus adapted to be partially rotated upon the con necting-rod to carry the curtain I nearer to or farther from the window-casing B when desired. This movement of the brackets is indicated in Fig.V 2 by dotted lines.

The upright tubular supports are attached to the windowcasing by means of lower and upper brackets K K", respectively. The upper bracket K is provided with an outwardlyprojecting pole rest or support 7a, which is adapted to receive and support the curtainpole for lace curtains. (Not shown.)

In order to provide means wh ereby to rigidly hold the keepers and to retain the rod G at the upper end of the support when it is not desired to lower the curtain from the top of the window, I provide each support with a suitable catch M M' respectively arranged to project through the side wall of the tubular support and to enter an annular channel e e', respectively provided in the bottom of the weights E E', thus to engage with the weights when the weights are in their lowest position to thereby prevent them from being drawn upward until the catches M M are pulled outward by means of the knobs m m', and the weights are thus released.

The counterbalancing-weight L is just suf ciently heavy to cause such weight, the curtain and keepers and the connecting-rod to balance the Weights E E', which are arranged within the tubular supports, and the friction of the various parts will cause the curtain to remain in any position in which it may be when the Weight L hangs free.

To lower the curtain, the cord or the adjusting-weight is grasped and pulled downward, thus causing the weights E E' to rise as the Ico View by means of the tubular casing.

curtain lowers. To raise the curtain, the adj Listing-Weight L is lifted and the Weights E E pull the curtain upward until the counterbalancingweight is released and brings the various parts to rest. By attaching the cords to the lower parts of each keeper and bringing the cords together midway of the connecting-rod G when force is applied upon the counterbalancing-Weight to pull the curtain down it operates equally upon each keeper, and I therefore avoid cramping the keepers upon the tubular supports and am enabled to readily move the keepers up and down therealong.

`Since the curtain-roller is carried by the brackets which are attached to the connecting-rod, no strain is brought upon the curtain-roller by the act of raising' or lowering the same. It is also possible by this cen struction to place the supports at a distance from the ends ot' the curtain, so that the cur tain Will always swing free from such supports and not be liable to strike thcreagainst in case the curtain When run up should Wind unevenly upon the roller and thus swing to one side, as `sometimes occurs. l

In practice my improved iixture is manufactured from polished metal, or issuitably plated, and when secured in place upon the casing forms a very neat and attractive ornament. The Weights E E or countcrba-l ances for the curtain, which would be unsightly if exposed, are entirely obscured from By means of the adjustable curtain-receiving brackets the curtain may be arranged to lit as tightly against the Window-easing as may be desired. y

New, having described my invention, What 4I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters a Weight arranged to slide inside oi' the support, a flexible connection passing over the pulley and having one end secured to the 'Weight and its other end secured to the keeper, and a suitable catch arranged to engage the Weight when it reaches its lowest position.

2. A curtain fixture comprising two parallel vertical tubular supports arranged. to be secured one upon each side of a Window at a distance from the face of the casing; two keepers arranged one upon each support and to slide therealong; two pulleys, one arranged at the top of each support; two Weights one arranged to slide Within each support 5 two flexible connections one passing over each pulley and each having its ends attached to its respective Weight and keeper; a connecting rod arranged connecting the keepers with each other; brackets secured to the rod and arranged to receive a curtain; a cord attached to each keeper pendent therefrom and secured together midway therebetween, and the oounterbalancing Weight secured to the cord.

- JOHN NV. LANG.

Vitnesses ALFRED I. ToWNsENn, JAMES R. ToWNsnND. 

